hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
background knowledge; prerequisite knowledge
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
to welter in blood; to be covered in blood
shouts used when viewing fireworks (from names of Edo-period fireworks vendors)
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
shame; disgrace; raping; rape
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
inattention; absent-mindedness
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
in proportion to; just as much as